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@bibliolater @bookstodon 10 pages (or other reasonable chunk if it’s extremely dense) per day. just do it
(otoh, that has not helped me finish Fathers and Crows or Life: A User’s Manual …)
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@bibliolater @bookstodon I set aside ten minutes or so at least once a day and tell myself I'm going to just read one page. I almost always find a way to reconnect with the text.
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If I don't have to *physically* read it, I try to find another way to absorb the content (audio version, summary, podcast about it).
If I really must read it, I try to make it as easy as possible - good light, comfy chair, low distractions etc.
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Guess depends on context. If I have to read it (for work or otherwise), then tough luck. If it is generally interesting or valuable for me, I try to push through. If it’s just pastime, I might give honest attempt, or just pick something else. I won’t read all the books anyway, if it doesn’t excite me then it’s not worth it.
<strong>New sources for Sennacherib's first campaign </strong>
"_The article presents an edition, based on manuscripts from Nineveh, Ashur, and Tarbisu, of Sennacherib's earliest accounts of its first campaign, waged against Marduk-aplu-iddina and his southern Babylonian allies in 704-702 BCE. It provides an overview of the Aramean tribes and Chaldean towns attacked by the Assyrian troops, and a discussion of many have been the author of the inscriptions hat celebrate the campaign._"
Frahm, E. (2016) «New sources for Sennacherib’s first campaign», ISIMU, 6, pp. 129–164. doi: https://www.doi.org/10.15366/isimu2003.6.008.
#Research #DOI #Ancient #History #Histodon #Histodons #MiddleEast #Asia #Assyria #Babylon #Babylonia #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons
What do you do when you have reached a 'reading block'? I have a small primer to read and have no motivation whatsoever to complete it. I must add that I have also just finished a seven hundred odd page philosophy book.
#Question #AskFedi #AskMastodon #Tip #Tips #Reading #Read #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon
🇯🇵 🇺🇸 <strong>The reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor</strong>
"_Japan attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1941, but what led to that decision? Why did the Japanese attack the USA? - The answer is oil._"
#Video length: thirteen minutes and fifty one seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so4v_2zq35k
#History #Histodon #Histodons #WW2 #Empire #Imperialism #Oil #Japan #Japanese #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #American #Asia #Pacific #PearlHarbor @histodon @histodons
<strong>1917 British Troops Defend Their Interests in Egypt and Invade Palestine</strong>
#Video length: fifty seven seconds.
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Britain #GB #UnitedKingdom #UK #WW1 #Archive #Egypt #Palestine #MiddleEast #Asia #Levant #Empire #Imperialism @histodon @histodons
<strong>(18 May 1936) The passing of Lord Allenby.
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#Video length: one minute.
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Britain #GB #UnitedKingdom #UK #WW1 #Archive @histodon @histodons
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“Metro areas with more Republicans and independent voters tended to have higher inflation in 2022 than places where (more) Democrats live.”
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“AI engineers face burnout in 'rat race' to stay competitive hits tech”
> He said he often has to put together demos of AI products for the company's board of directors on three-week timelines, even though the products are "a big pile of nonsense."
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@Steveb For those putting forward such policies it is a calculated risk. It may or may not work. We will only really find out once the results are declared.
I suspect that you are correct and that for the majority it is not a policy that will garner widespread support.
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Teacher unearthed stone with ancient ogham writing from #Ireland in Coventry garden
#Ogham #OghamWriting #EarlyWriting #CelticScript #CelticWriting #Medieval #MedievalAlphabet #WritingSystems #ArchaicIrishLanguage #History #Archaeology
https://arkeonews.net/teacher-unearthed-stone-with-ancient-ogham-writing-from-ireland-in-coventry-garden/
@Steveb The calculus might be that the older generation is more likely to attend polling booths and cast their votes than the under thirties. So in a way it would be a net gain if they can persuade the over sixty fives with policies such as national service for those who are eighteen years old. I am sure the matter would be different if national service was being advocated for the over sixty fives.
@Steveb They may think it will help to sure up their base (over 65s).
@Nodami Thank you for provinding the link.
@dgar The logic underpinning this toot is self-evident and undeniable.
@Nodami I was aware of the #SilentSunday #hashtag but not the other two.
@Drosmel I do not know much about the gaming power of such a machine; however, the setup does look very impressive.
Not a bot, just a chap in his fifties who occasionally reads things.
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